Journal of Second Language Writing

Papers
(The median citation count of Journal of Second Language Writing is 0. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)
ArticleCitations
Expertise in L2 writing instruction: The road less travelled99
Mapping the interactions between task sequencing, anxiety, and enjoyment in L2 writing development61
Elements of doctoral apprenticeship: Community feedback and the acquisition of writing expertise59
The use of spelling and reference tools in second language writing: Their impact on students’ writing performance and process44
Book review41
Generative AI: Same same but different?37
Expertise in second language writing instruction35
Book Review34
Book Review33
Selected bibliography of recent scholarship in second language writing33
Past JSLW Editor Rosa M. Manchón speaks: Ilona Leki & Tony Silva’s invitation to co-edit the journal—my reflection32
Editorial Board32
The reliability of single task assessment in longitudinal L2 writing research31
Book review31
Selected bibliography of recent scholarship in second language writing25
Book review24
Editorial24
Editorial Board23
Generative artificial intelligence and second language writing21
A bibliometric analysis on L2 writing in the first 20 years of the 21st century: Research impacts and research trends21
AI tools as affordances and contradictions for EFL writers: Emic perspectives and L1 use as a resource20
Enhancing genre instruction on research proposal introductions with an online academic writing tutor18
Developing and evaluating an empirically-based diagnostic checklist for assessing second language integrated writing18
Grasping the effects of storyline complexity, task structure and proficiency in narrative writing performance18
English writing pedagogy at the crossroads: The case of Oman17
Exploring complexity at the lexis-grammar interface: Diversity and sophistication of verb-argument structures in L2 Dutch writing15
The need for critical digital literacies in generative AI-mediated L2 writing13
Secondary school English teachers’ application of artificial intelligence-guided chatbot in the provision of feedback on student writing: An activity theory perspective13
Understanding the impact of teacher feedback on EFL students’ use of self-regulated writing strategies12
How do we know (if) it works? A review of research evaluating publishing pedagogies for multilingual writers12
Variability as predictor in L2 writing proficiency11
An investigation of the relationship between argument structure and essay quality in assessed writing11
Mapping metacognitive genre awareness with L1 and L2 writers: Investigating novices’ engagement with an occluded genre11
Book review10
Book Review10
ICT-enabled informal learning in EFL writing9
Critical language awareness and cautious transnationalist work9
Editorial9
Collaborative writing in a Chinese as a foreign language classroom: Learners’ perceptions and motivations9
Teachers’ attempts at focused written corrective feedback in situ8
Book review8
What works may hurt: The negative side of feedback in second language writing7
Ungrading as an assessment philosophy: Reliability, validity, and practicality7
Research trends in L2 written corrective feedback: A bibliometric analysis of three decades of Scopus-indexed research on L2 WCF7
Ungrading: Revolution or evolution7
Book Review6
A study of co-adaptation through journaling6
Using CLA pedagogy to examine an asynchronous supplemental English for academic writing program: Curriculum design and pilot results6
Genre-related episodes as a lens on students’ emerging genre knowledge: Implications for genre-based writing pedagogy, collaborative tasks, and learning materials6
Second-language writing development of adult immigrants following three study paths reflecting their varying levels of prior education6
Is corrective feedback during telecollaboration beneficial? The effects of peer and teacher corrections on L2 writing proficiency5
Editors introduction5
Selected bibliography of recent scholarship in second language writing5
Source-based writing of the high- and low-proficiency adolescent writer in the high-school L2 classroom4
Book review4
March 2024 JSLW Annotated Bibliography4
Selected bibliography of recent scholarship in second language writing4
Book Review4
Editorial4
Book Review4
Beyond words: L2 writing teachers’ visual conceptualizations of ChatGPT in teaching and learning4
Book review4
Book review4
Book review4
Book Review4
Book Review3
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Assessing syntactic and lexicogrammatical use in second language Mandarin writing samples3
Multilingual academic genre knowledge: Insights from a mixed-method study of post-graduate students in Kazakhstan3
Book Review3
The effects of completing collaborative or independent writing on the development of language use in individual writing3
Editors introduction3
Theoretical perspectives and factors influencing machine translation use in L2 writing: A scoping review3
Grammatical complexity: Insights from English for academic purposes teachers3
Discoursal scholarly identity in research writing3
Understanding L2 writing teacher expertise2
Socialization into English academic writing practices through out-of-class interaction in individual networks of practice2
Introduction to the special issue: Critical Language Awareness (CLA) as a lens for looking backward, outward, and forward in Second Language Writing2
A dynamic usage-based analysis of L2 written complexity development of sojourners2
Developing a genre-based model for assessing digital multimodal composing in second language writing: Integrating theory with practice2
Challenging the connection between task perceptions and language use in L2 writing: Genre, cognitive task complexity, and linguistic complexity2
Written “corrective” feedback in Spanish as a heritage language: Problematizing the construct of error2
Multilingual learners' digital book composing: Examining circulation of translingual, multimodal resources in an elementary classroom2
Postgraduate students’ beliefs about and confidence for academic writing in the field of applied linguistics2
Book review2
Developing L2 writing abilities through an instructional enrichment program informed by dynamic assessment2
A large-scale longitudinal study of syntactic complexity development in EFL writing: A mixed-effects model approach2
Navigating complexity in plain English: A longitudinal analysis of syntactic and lexical complexity development in L2 legal writing2
“Why can’t writing courses be taught like this fo real”: Leveraging critical language awareness to promote African American Language speakers’ writing skills2
Text mediation and collaborative meaning-making: Language support for an EAL academic author2
Voices from L2 learners across different languages: Development and validation of a student writing assessment literacy scale2
Cyclical interplay between L2 writing, WCF processing and rewriting: Explaining modification and consolidation in L2 development2
Exploring the relationships among cognitive and linguistic resources, writing processes, and written products in second language writing2
Selected bibliography of recent scholarship in second language writing1
Book Review1
Writing for scholarly publication in an interconnected disjunctured world1
CLA and translingualism: A (literal) scholarly conversation1
Book Review1
Book review1
Usage-based approaches to assessing syntactic sophistication in second language writing: Interaction of genre and proficiency1
Book review1
Introduction to JSLW’s 30th anniversary special issue1
Book Review1
Using critical language awareness pedagogy to leverage home languages in multilingual South Africa1
Editorial Board1
Selected bibliography of recent scholarship in second language writing1
Selected bibliography of recent scholarship in second language writing1
Book review1
Book Review1
Critical language awareness in L2 writing: Starting por la autorreflexión, 自我反省1
Book Review1
Feedback over grades: Enhancing learning through ungrading1
Editorial1
From the other side of the desk: Supervisors’ perceptions of supervisory feedback1
Book review1
On the disciplinary identity of second language writing1
Critical language awareness and English for Research Publication Purposes1
Additive extensive reading and syntactic development in second language writing: Analyses of syntactic complexity and sophistication in young EFL learners’ book reports1
Another contradiction in AI-assisted second language writing1
JSLW@30: The founders & past editors speak1
Lexical characteristics of young L2 English learners’ narrative writing at the start of formal instruction1
Investigating the interactions between L2 writing processes and products under different task planning time conditions1
Editorial Board1
Editor’s introduction1
The gold standard for the teaching profession: A rejoinder1
Book review1
JSLW editorial for March 20250
Expanding the collaborative writing research framework: A longitudinal analysis of how collaborative and independent writers orient to writing spaces0
Video and text feedback on ESL writing: Understanding attitude and negotiating relationships0
Book Review0
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Editorial Board0
Selected bibliography of recent scholarship in second language writing0
Selected bibliography of recent scholarship in second language writing0
Assessing L2 writing in the digital age: Opportunities and challenges0
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The role of communicative purpose in describing and interpreting lexico-grammatical variation in L2 writing0
Editorial0
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The longitudinal development of second language writers’ metacognitive genre awareness0
Future selves, enjoyment and anxiety as predictors of L2 writing achievement0
Editorial Board0
Language quality, content, structure: What analytic ratings tell us about EFL writing skills at upper secondary school level in Germany and Switzerland0
Book review0
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L2 collocation profiles and their relationship with vocabulary proficiency: A learner corpus approach0
The value of models to support students' voice in middle school social studies argument writing0
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To grade is not to grade?: Exploring ungrading in the teaching of L2 writing0
Selected bibliography of recent scholarship in second language writing0
An argument for globalized L2 writing methodological innovation0
Applying big ideas to facilitate reading-writing integration in language classrooms0
Promoting critical language awareness at the graduate-level: A discovery oriented approach0
Understanding L2 writers’ lived experiences of informal writing: A phenomenological approach0
Book Review0
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From the Editors: June, 20220
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Western-trained Vietnamese teachers’ EFL writing instruction: A collaborative autoethnography of tensions, emotion, and agency from an activity theoretical perspective0
Translanguaging with generative AI in EFL writing: Students’ practices and perceptions0
Mapping the intersections of critical language awareness and affective approaches to second language writing0
Uniting CLA with WAW via SLA: Learning about written language as a model for college writing courses0
Editors’ introduction0
L2 writing anxiety, working memory, and task complexity in L2 written performance0
Book Review0
The potential power of play in second language academic writing0
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Education lecturers’ expectations about writing proficiency: Insights from corpus analysis of teacher feedback on academic writing0
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Conflicts in peer interaction of collaborative writing – A case study in an EFL context0
Pursuing expertise in L2 writing instruction research0
Modeling expertise as variable options0
L2 student engagement with automated feedback on writing: Potential for learning and issues of trust0
Editorial Board0
Editorial Board0
March 2025 JSLW Annotated Bibliography0
Translanguaging pedagogy in EAP writing: A multilingual Qazaq instructor’s perspective0
Peer leadership in collaborative argumentative writing: A qualitative case study of blended design0
Feedback-giving practice for L2 writing teachers: Friend or foe?0
Noticing and metalinguistic awareness in the L2 writing process: A translation-based writing task for L1 Arabic speakers preparing to teach Hebrew as a second language0
Verbal and on-screen peer interactions of EFL learners during multimodal collaborative writing: A multiple case-study0
The assessment of memes as digital multimodal composition in L2 classrooms0
AI or student writing? Analyzing the situational and linguistic characteristics of undergraduate student writing and AI-generated assignments0
The multilingual poetry task: Innovating L2 writing pedagogy in the secondary classroom0
Ethical use of generative AI for writing practices: Addressing linguistically diverse students in U.S. Universities' AI statements0
Critical language awareness through advocacy: Disrupting deficit discourse through simulation in L2 writing teacher education0
Book review0
Tunnel, teapot, mermaid, ghost: Creative-critical practice as critical language awareness0
Assessing collaborative writing in the digital age: An exploratory study0
Steering toward situational propensity/shi 势: A multicase study of planning and developing EFL writing centres in China0
Book Review0
Editorial Board0
Activity theory as an analytical framework to understand expertise in L2 writing instruction0
The effects of AWE and peer feedback on cohesion and coherence in continuation writing0
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An exploration of CFL learners’ metaphor use in second language writing: Effects of genre and topic0
Exploring EFL learners’ engagement and draft quality in a multi-stage expository writing task using model texts as a feedback facilitator: A mixed-methods study0
Book Review0
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Writing teacher feedback literacy: Surveying second language teachers’ knowledge, values, and abilities0
Selected bibliography of recent scholarship in second language writing0
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Graduate students’ use of ChatGPT for academic text revision: Behavioral, cognitive, and affective engagement0
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Revisiting the conceptualizations of feedback in second language writing: a metaphor analysis approach0
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Editorial Board0
Moral outrage or mere possibility? An exploration of epistemic versus deontic stance in reading-to-write argumentation0
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The affordances and contradictions of AI-generated text for writers of english as a second or foreign language0
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Book Review0
June 2024 JSLW Annotated Bibliography0
Towards a reconciliatory approach to ungrading in writing classes: A response to Crusan0
Collaborative writing based on generative AI models: Revision and deliberation processes in German as a foreign language0
Exploring the effects of target-language extramural activities on students’ written production0
Incorporating digital multimodal composition in content teaching: A multimodal analysis of students’ legal popularization videos0
Effects of input modality on alignment in continuation writing0
An analysis of the impact of the L1 on bilinguals' writing competence0
Editorial0
The effects of working memory and L2 proficiency on L2 writing0
Book review0
Editorial Board0
Editorial0
Editorial0
“It can be a very equalizing way to grade”: Contract grading and multilingual writers0
Verb argument constructions in argumentative essays by college-level Asian learners of English: Exploring the effects of English proficiency, acquisition context, and topic0
Book Review0
Emergence in teacher writing expertise: Teachers be(com)ing expert0
Co-regulation strategies and their associations with writing self-efficacy in a computer-mediated collaborative writing setting0
Editorial0
Using AI-text generated mentor texts for genre-based pedagogy in second language writing0
Editorial Board0
Bilingual returnee scholars’ identity in academic writing0
Questions of time and communication: A writing program administrator's experiences with labor-based grading0
Task preparedness and L2 written production: Investigating effects of planning modes on L2 learners’ focus of attention and output0
Editorial Board0
Stories behind the scenes: L2 students’ cognitive processes of multimodal composing and traditional writing0
Transpacific telecollaboration and L2 writing: Influences of interpersonal dynamics on peer feedback and revision uptake0
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Beyond ChatGPT: Multimodal generative AI for L2 writers0
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Decolonizing second language writing: Possibilities and challenges0
A measure of EFL argumentative writing cognitive load: Scale development and validation0
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